METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. PITCHER

No. 9227.

108 F.2d 621 (1939)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. PITCHER. PITCHER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Claverie, of New Orleans, La., for appellant Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

R. Emmett Kerrigan, of New Orleans, La., for appellee William Pitcher.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was for disability benefits provided for in contracts supplementary to two life policies and for statutory penalties and attorney's fees. The claim was that within the contract terms, plaintiff, a school teacher, had become "totally and permanently disabled * * * so as to be prevented thereby, from engaging in any occupation and performing any work for compensation or profit," and that defendant had without just or reasonable cause...

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